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Posted by Shawn Hirn on April 23, 2008, 5:08 pm
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> >> > What price will it take for Americans to get off their addiction to
> >> > oil?
> >>
> >> Here in the NoEa USA, gas prices certainly don't seem to have slowed down
> >> anyone. The usual speeding and rude behavior continues, with women
> >> riding
> >> high in their SUV's while talking incessantly on their cell phones, while
> >> wanna-be cowboys commute in their pristine pickups with all the doodads
> >> that
> >> point them out as real men, while BMW's jockey for position against
> >> Audi's
> >> and the rat race continues.
> >
> > I read an article in the business section of a local newspaper just
> > yesterday that said that sales of hybrids are increasing at a rapid
> > rate. It took a while for hybrids to become popular because they are
> > seen by many as unproven technology and the cost of a hybrid is not
> > offset by higher gas prices, but that will change soon due to the rate
> > of the change of gas prices.
>
> Well, here in the UK gas IS $10 a gallon and the Prius is still a rare car
> (less than 8000 on the road last time I enquired). Having said that I am
> seeing more of them about these days. When I got mine 3 years ago to see
> another was rare - now it's much more common. Still just as many SUVs,
> though.
Keep in mind that the Prius isn't the only hybrid out there. I don't
know about the UK, but there are at least six hybrid models spread
across different automobile manufacturers. The Prius is the only hybrid
that's obviously a hybrid because of its unique body style. The other
hybrids are easy to confuse with conventional vehicles.
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